99% Invisible

Wait Wait...Tell Me!

Sep 4, 2019

31:56

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How Progress Bars Made Waiting a Lot Easier

02:39

Biel's Research on Transparency

02:27

Kayak's Progress Bar and Animations Changed the Way We Think About Waiting

02:14

Introduction

2min

How Long Must I Wait?

5min

How Progress Bars Made Waiting a Lot Easier

3min

The Psychology of Waiting

3min

Kayak's Progress Bar and Animations Changed the Way We Think About Waiting

2min

Biel's Research on Transparency

2min

Detroit's Neighborhood Improvement Tracker Is a Way to Track the Progress of the Demolition Program

2min

The Detroit Foreclosure Tracker

4min

Transparency and the City of Detroit

2min

10.

State Farm - The Real Person When You Need It

6min

11.

The Spinning Wheel of Death

2min

12.

Shinkansen Trains: Transparency

2min

13.

99% Invisible Is a Podcast From Radio Topia From PRX

3min

Waiting is something that we all do every day, but our experience of waiting, varies radically depending on the context. And it turns out that design can completely change whether a five minute wait feels reasonable or completely unbearable. Transparency is key.

Wait Wait...Tell Me!

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